MOGADISHU, Somalia — At least 22 people were killed and more than 60 were wounded Thursday in intense clashes that erupted between Islamist insurgent groups and Somali government forces supported by
African Union soldiers, witnesses and health officials said.
Feisal Omar/Reuters
Somalis stood near the body of a man killed in a mortar attack at a marketplace in Mogadishu on Thursday.
The fighting appeared to be the heaviest in Mogadishu, the capital of this war-weary country, since an attack by the
Shabab, one of the Islamist groups, shook the city during Ramadan, the Muslim holiday that ended a few weeks ago.
In the early hours of Thursday morning, witnesses reported face-to-face fighting between insurgents and the government forces helped by African Union soldiers in two Mogadishu neighborhoods, Howlwadaag and Hodan. The witnesses said both sides were using small arms and artillery shells.
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